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SMC Quidditch Club sorts teams for season

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Saint Mary's students may have been assigned a dorm when they first arrived at the College, but some received a new home last weekend when members of the Saint Mary's Quidditch Club were sorted into their respective houses.




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Alumna raises funds to film on campus

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Nearly 20 years after the Notre Dame women's swim team bus accident, University of Notre Dame officials approved filming on campus for a movie commemorating the event.

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University redesigns UND.com

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In an effort to make information more accessible and user friendly for the students, alumni and fans of the Irish, the Notre Dame Athletic Department launched a new UND.com webpage September 15.


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Senate discusses The Shirt

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President of The Shirt 2011 Committee senior Lauren Marzouca described the application process to join next year's Shirt committee at Student Senate's meeting Wednesday.


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SMC Alumna receives accounting award

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Saint Mary's alumna Kelly NeuwirthGrier was presented with the Outstanding Accounting Alumna Award by the Department of Business Administration and Economics Wednesday at an awards ceremony in the Student Center Lounge.


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Professor examines emerging adulthood

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The problems facing today's emerging adults reflect larger issues, according to sociology professor Christian Smith's research published this month. These problems include a lack of moral reasoning and over-intoxication.



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Belles celebrate Day of Peace

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Saint Mary's students celebrated the International Day of Peace Wednesday by creating pinwheels to represent childhood — a time of peace and joy, a representative from Campus Ministry said.


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Ideas Challenge promotes competition

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From Craigslist for college students to cell phone cases that double as cordless chargers, the ideas were flying freely in the Mendoza College of Business basement Wednesday.


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SMC to host Busy Person's Retreat

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In an attempt to relieve students of the demands of tests and papers, Saint Mary's Campus Ministry will host the Busy Person's Retreat next week.


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Council discusses pep rally

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The Council of Representatives discussed the successes and shortcomings of the Michigan State pep rally at its Tuesday meeting.



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New course will meet at prison

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When Professor Ed Kelly began a week of intensive training for the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program — three days of which he spent in an actual penitentiary — he found his preconceived notions of prison inmates shaken.


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Senior writes play on San Luis

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Saint Mary's senior Emily Schmitt was intrigued when Professor Susan Baxter first told her the story of what happened in San Luis, Colo. in March of 1989, when a federal raid on alleged poachers led to controversy as residents claimed the poaching was encouraged by the government.



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Campus Life Council sets University policy

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Although the Campus Life Council (CLC) has yet to meet this academic year, student body president Pat McCormick said the group would be instrumental in the student union once its biweekly meetings begin.


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College celebrates Constitution Day

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Exactly 224 years after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States, three Saint Mary's faculty members said controversy still surrounds the document's interpretation.


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Journalists evaluate social media

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During an annual journalism forum Monday, Professor Robert Schmuhl held up the Sept. 2 issue of The Observer for the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy Advisory Committee to see.